Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

Why

Why do so many people try and kill themselves by ODing or something like that than end up at the hospital?? That doesn't make sense to me. Do you do it around other people so you'll KNOW they'll call help for you or do you just take the pills then run to phone? I just don't get it. Why get help if you wanna die?

To me it is like they want attention BUT DO NOT WANT TO DIE.They do it around people or wheret hey have access to people becuase they might be crying for help in their own way,I know lots of people who have done it for the attention.

People pick ODing because of the lack of pain you feel. It is also the number one choice of suicide made by woman, men prefer a gun in the mouth. Since I have already been in the hospital, I am more likely to try a suicide than not.

Until you wake up in the phsyc ward and you have lost days...you can't judge people's choices.When this disease takes you to that depth...some will try anything to escape it. not to be taken lightly. for me...it was not a &quot;cry&quot; for help. I still don't have memory of many days.

A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...

Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...

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